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A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. The scrapbook was an old paperback, each page containing a single scrap or set – the same design in different sizes. At playtime, collectors exchanged scrap books and thumbed through the pages, poking scraps of interest out of the…

Buachaille Etive Mòr is Gaelic for ‘the Great Herdsman of Etive’. I think the pyramidal shape is more like a skirt than trousers, however … For Tina. Digtal collage Where there is matter, there is geometry. -johannes kepler

Lost in work. Digital collage Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. Scraps were stored between the pages of a book, either individually or in a set, a collection of a single image in various sizes. At playtime, collectors would swap scrap books and thumb through the pages, poking scraps of…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. Scraps were stored between the pages of a paperback book, either individually or in sets of a single image in various sizes. At playtime, collectors would swap scrap books and thumb through the pages, poking scraps of interest out…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. Scraps were stored between the pages of a book, either individually or in a set, a collection of a single image in various sizes. At playtime, collectors would swap scrap books and thumb through the pages, poking scraps of…

A common pastime at my primary school was collecting and swapping scraps – die-cut paper images. Scraps were stored between the pages of a book, either individually or in a set, a collection of a single image in various sizes. At playtime, collectors would swap scrap books and thumb through the pages, poking scraps of…

NASA built six Space Shuttles, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft. Enterprise was used only for flight tests. Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour were used to launch satellites, conduct science experiments in orbit and service the International Space Station. 135 missions were flown between 1981 and 2011. Challenger and Columbia were both destroyed in mission…

Because if you don’t have it for breakfast, I’ll be making it into kedgeree for dinner! Dr Finlay’s Casebook is a collection of stories about Dr Finlay, Dr Cameron and their housekeeper Janet in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae in the 1920s. The stories are based on author AJ Cronin’s own experiences as a…

Dr Finlay’s Casebook is a collection of stories about Dr Finlay, Dr Cameron and their housekeeper Janet in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae in the 1920s. The stories are based on author AJ Cronin’s own experiences as a doctor. The BBC adapted the stories for television in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s.…

Dr Finlay’s Casebook is a collection of stories about Dr Finlay, Dr Cameron and their housekeeper Janet in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae in the 1920s. The stories are based on author AJ Cronin’s own experiences as a doctor. The BBC adapted the stories for television in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s.…

Dr Finlay’s Casebook is a collection of stories about Dr Finlay, Dr Cameron and their housekeeper Janet in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae in the 1920s. The stories are based on author AJ Cronin’s own experiences as a doctor. The BBC adapted the stories for television in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s.…

Dr Finlay’s Casebook is a collection of stories about Dr Finlay, Dr Cameron and their housekeeper Janet in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae in the 1920s. The stories are based on author AJ Cronin’s own experiences as a doctor. The BBC adapted the stories for television in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s.…

Some chocolate-themed old master paintings… Installation – framed digital collages on aluminium Commissioned by the Oban Chocolate Company “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” -charles m schulz

So many pressing global issues – climate change, poverty, corruption, conflict, inequality, discrimination … and the UK agonizes over whether to remain part of the European Union, created after World War II to foster unity and world peace. Incomprehensible. Digital collage 21x28cm £40 Larger sizes available to order No man is an island, Entire of…

Same world, different planet. So many pressing global issues – climate change, poverty, corruption, conflict, inequality, discrimination … and the UK agonizes over whether to remain part of the European Union, created after World War II to foster unity and world peace. Incomprehensible. Digital collage 22x21cm £30 Larger sizes available to order “The only thing…

So many pressing global issues – climate change, poverty, corruption, conflict, inequality, discrimination … and the UK agonizes over whether to remain part of the European Union, created after World War II to foster unity and world peace. Incomprehensible. We need to evolve or go the way of the dinosaurs. Digital collage 21x21cm £30 Larger…

On Monday 28 September, a spectacular “blood moon” was visible between 3-4am as a result of the simultaneous occurrence of a “supermoon” (a full moon when the moon is closest to Earth in its orbit) and a lunar eclipse (the moon passes into the shadow of Earth). This “blood moon” appears red because while sunlight…

A memento of a wonderful evening on a boat, on Lac Léman, in June. For Nastaran and Kim. Digital collage “I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand about the many connections and…

Collages are artworks made by gluing various flat materials – such as paper, newspaper clippings, book pages, tapes, photographs, stamps, wrappers, etc. – to a piece of paper, canvas or other substrate. Digital collages are computer-generated collages – components are scanned digitally and drawn together into a multi-layered digital composition. I work with photographs, drawings,…

“Abyss” is from the Greek word ἄβυσσος, meaning bottomless. The abyssal zone of the oceans – 4-6 km – is perpetually dark and cold and silent. Inhabitants, such as the deep-sea anglerfish and the giant squid, must withstand immense pressure. The deepest trenches in the ocean, such as the Mariana Trench in the Pacific, are…

John Murray (1841-1914), a pioneering oceanographer, was Wyville Thomson’s assistant on HMS Challenger’s 1872-76 expedition to explore the oceans. The publication of the 50 volume report of the Challenger Expedition fell largely to Murray, who completed the task in 1896. Murray had the Challenger Medal made at his own expense as a token of appreciation…

Oceanographer John Murray (1841-1914), HMS Challenger, some fish illustrations and a bathymetrical chart from the Murray & Hjort book The Depths of the Ocean. The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) was founded in 1884 (as the Scottish Marine Station) by Murray. This collage was prepared to celebrate SAMS’s 130th anniversary. Digital collage

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) was founded in 1884 (as the Scottish Marine Station) by Murray. This collage was made to celebrate SAM’s 130th anniversary. Digital collage In an address to his old school, Murray describes early experiments with electricity: “… several companions arrived from Stirling to see my experiments ; they had…

John Logie Baird (1888 – 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor, born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. He was the first person to demonstrate a working television, and voted number 44 in the BBC’s 2002 list of the “100 Greatest Britons”. The phrase ‘jam tomorrow’ signifies a never-fulfilled promise … Before working on his television system,…

John Logie Baird (1888 – 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor, born in Helensburgh. He was the first person to demonstrate a working television, and was voted number 44 in the BBC’s 2002 list of the “100 Greatest Britons”. Baird built his television set using, among other things, a hatbox, scissors, darning needles, bicycle…

On listening to a Leonard Cohen love song …. On 18 September, 2014, the people of Scotland decide whether to become an independent country or to remain part of the United Kingdom. The image features the Three Graces by Raphael in the Autumn/Winter Vote Couture collection. The Graces are the party girls of Greek mythology,…

Venus as a Scottish Voter, negotiating her identity through the medium of fashion. On 18 September, 2014, the people of Scotland decide whether to become an independent country or to remain part of the United Kingdom. The image features Bouguereau’s Birth of Venus as a paper doll, with Saltire & Union flag dresses. The print…

On listening to Lynn Anderson … On 18 September, 2014, the people of Scotland decide whether to become an independent country or to remain part of the United Kingdom. The arguments rage: logic, economics & statistics pitted against feelings & emotions. Divorce analogies are common. The image features the Treaty of Union, an agreement of…

On 18 September, 2014, the people of Scotland decide whether to become an independent country or to remain part of the United Kingdom. The arguments rage: logic, economics & statistics pitted against feelings & emotions. The image features the Declaration of Arbroath, a declaration of Scottish independence made in 1320 in a letter to Pope…

Some twisted Victoriana. Herring girls followed the herring fishing fleets, to gut and pack the silver darlings. I hope they spent some of their hard-earned cash on party dresses and hats for the post-work ceilidhs … Digital collage 22x22cm £30 Larger sizes available

“On the 11th, at 2.50 am, the first iceberg was sighted. At 5 am sails were furled, and a sounding, trawling, and serial temperatures were taken in 1260 fathoms, Diatom ooze, Station 152. Up to the time of the Expedition, about 500 species of radiolarian had been identified. Challenger brought home more than 2,000 new…